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American Eagle Airlines Reports December Traffic

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for December decreased 6.7 percent from December 2006, on a capacity decrease of 5.6 percent. System load factor was 69.4 percent, down 0.8 points year over year.
American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in December.

AMERICAN EAGLE

COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY

 

DECEMBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

CHANGE

 

 

PASSENGER MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

671,436

 

719,497

 

(6.7)

%

 

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

623,942

 

673,925

 

(7.4)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

47,494

 

45,572

 

4.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAT MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

967,729

 

1,024,624

 

(5.6)

%

 

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

884,009

 

948,189

 

(6.8)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

83,721

 

76,435

 

9.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD FACTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

69.4

 

70.2

 

(0.8)

pts

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

70.6

 

71.1

 

(0.5)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

56.7

 

59.6

 

(2.9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSENGERS BOARDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

1,604,734

 

1,716,282

 

(6.5)

%

 

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

1,386,462

 

1,496,181

 

(7.3)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

218,272

 

220,101

 

(0.8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR-TO-DATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

CHANGE

 

 

PASSENGER MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

8,905,781

 

8,995,012

 

(1.0)

%

 

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

8,341,900

 

8,421,734

 

(0.9)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

563,881

 

573,278

 

(1.6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAT MILES (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

12,133,188

 

12,214,268

 

(0.7)

%

 

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

11,214,431

 

11,300,883

 

(0.8)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

918,757

 

913,385

 

0.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD FACTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

73.4

 

73.6

 

(0.2)

pts

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

74.4

 

74.5

 

(0.1)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

61.4

 

62.8

 

(1.4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASSENGERS BOARDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

21,220,199

 

21,503,588

 

(1.3)

%

 

 

 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES

18,519,215

 

18,765,715

 

(1.3)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES

 

2,700,984

 

2,737,873

 

(1.3)